An International Conference at the University of OsnabrÃ¼ck, Germany, April25-27th, 2008

The Institute for English and American Studies at the University ofOsnabrÃ¼ck is happy to announce an upcoming international conference devotedto the works of Don DeLillo. Over the last three decades, DeLilloâ€™s fictionand non-fiction has been singularly preoccupied with questions of media,terrorism, and their place in American society. This conference aims toopen a dialogue among leading DeLillo scholars on the author's position ina post-9/11 context, and will give particular attention to the Europeanreception of this trenchant American author. Featured internationalspeakers include:

The conference will also feature artistic responses to DeLilloâ€™s fiction,as well as panel discussions with European journalists, actors, and editorswho have worked on or with DeLilloâ€™s oeuvre. "Terrorism, Media, Literature:Don DeLillo and the Ethics of Fictionâ€œ will be the largest DeLilloconference of its kind to date in Europe, and offers a timely opportunityfor evaluating DeLilloâ€™s fictional and non-fictional negotiations ofterrorism and the place of literature from a transatlantic perspective. Allevents are open to the public, and there is no registration fee forattending the conference.

The conference has been planned in collaboration withGeorg-August-UniversitÃ¤t, GÃ¶ttingen.